Who will be going - My wife and IMode of transport - Yamaha Super TenereDestination - Namibia, as far north as possible, Epupa falls will be the ultimate.Duration of trip - 21 days, planned to leave on 9 April and have to be back on the 30th of April

Before I start, Im writing this ride report in English, so please bear with my grammar and language. Spelling will be corrected where possible.

Where do one start, well lets start at home. We were planning a Namibian trip for May/June 2011. Due to work commitments, my leave was brought forward to April. So the Namibia trip were sooner on, so less planning could be done and all of a sudden everything happened in fast forward mode. Our initial plan (30 days) was to do the western side of Namibia all the way up to Epupa falls and then down the eastern side, through to the Kalahari. Because of the fewer days at our disposal, we decided to see how far we could get and we had no real plan on where to be or to sleep on a specific day. Luck was on our side as we could leave on the 8th of April instead of the 9th. We wanted to get to Namibia as soon as possible, so my RR will be concentrated more towards the Namibian side. Most of the photos in this report were taken in ride by my wife. Some pictures were taken backwards.

So lets see how far we got.

Day 1 King Williams Town to Jeffreys Bay  Visit parents.

This needed to be packed

Packed

Starting kilometres

Ready as can be

Namibia map

Still clean and shinny

Even the boots

Getting the feeling

Do we know what is lying ahead?

Yipee, first gravel for the trip (picture taken backwards).

Karl Landman monument.

See the difference in travel modes. Ox wagons vs motor bikes. How privileged we are.

Our trip started muddy

First almost oopsie

Barkley bridge between Addo and Sundays river

The famous (for the wrong reasons) Van Stadens bridge

Gamtoos bridge

This is where we slept the 1st night, my parents house, had lekka pork belly, roast potatoes and veggies.

KTM 990 AdvKTM 640 Adv"Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots." - Umberto Eco, 2012

Although we wanted to get to Namibia as soon as possible, we set Frazersburg via Swartberg as our target for the day. Swartberg is one of my favourites and I did not want to miss it. Leaving Jeffreys early morning.

Just before the turnoff to the Langkloof I was caught speeding, 143km in a 120km zone, friendly guys made me R200-00 poorer.

Langkloof

Our head gear with communication system attached

Before the turnoff to Oudshoorn

Looking at the Swartberg, one of my faviroutes

Heading up the Swartberg, let the pictures talk for themself

Die Top

If we knew what laid ahead, we were getting news that Namibia had the worst rains ever, roads were washed away and river were flowing. Ja, ja , ja, it can’t be that bad.

"Then the guy with his Vespa, dog and trailer dropped in. His name is Des Pistroruis and he was busy with an epic Vespa redline tour. He was planning to cover some 6500km in 40 days."

This guy was in a big accident last year on the way back from the Buff, sadly his pillion was killed, same dog was with in in that accident, apparently on his Goldwing that has more than 1 000 000 km's on it.

Mooi Visarend. Beautiful pictures as always. I am always impressed by bikers who have NEAT luggage. You get top honours. Des Pistorious is in his seventies now and still biking. Looking forward to the rest.Ride safely.